Section One:
- Introduction (Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens)
Section Two:
- Texas within the National Governing Landscape: Federalism
- Texas within the National Political Landscape: Political Culture
Section Three: The Texas Constitution and Local Governments
- The Texas Constitution
- Balanced Government
- City Charters, Counties and Special Districts
Section Four: Liberties and Rights
- The Texas Bill of Rights
- The 14th Amendment
Weel Eight: Local Executives and the Bureaucracy
- County Judges, Mayors and City Managers
- The Texas Bureaucracy
Week Nine: The Management of Elections and Political Parties in the State
- The Texas Secretary of State
- Counties
- Local Elections
- Texas Political Parties
Week Ten: Education Policy and Health and Human Services
- Independent School Districts
Week Eleven: The Texas Judiciary
- Constitutional Design / City and County Courts
- Judicial Elections
Week Twelve: Judicial Elections /
Week Thirteen: The Texas Criminal Justice System
Week Fourteen: Political Parties
Week Fifteen: Organized Interests in the State
Week Five: Parties and Legislative and City Council Elections
Schedule
Section One:
- Introduction (Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens)
Section Two:
- Texas within the National Governing Landscape: Federalism
- Texas within the National Political Landscape: Political Culture
Section Three: The Texas Constitution and Local Governments
- The Texas Constitution
- Balanced Government
- City Charters, Counties and Special Districts
Section Four: Liberties and Rights
- The Texas Bill of Rights
- The 14th Amendment
Week Five: The Texas Legislature
- The Legislature: Definition and Historical Background.
- The Legislature - Texas Constitutional Design
- Parties in the Texas Legislature
Week Six: Local Legislatures
- County Commissioner Courts
- City Councils
- Boards
Week Seven: The Power of the Purse
- State Budgeting
- Local Budgeting
- State and Local Economic Policymaking
Week Eight: The Texas Executive - Constitutional Design / Mayors and City Managers
- The Executive: Texas Constitutional Design
- The Texas Governor
Weel Eight: Local Executives and the Bureaucracy
- County Judges, Mayors and City Managers
- The Texas Bureaucracy
Week Nine: The Management of Elections and Political Parties in the State
- The Texas Secretary of State
- Counties
- Local Elections
- Texas Political Parties
Week Ten: Education Policy and Health and Human Services
- Independent School Districts
Week Eleven: The Texas Judiciary
- Constitutional Design / City and County Courts
- Judicial Elections
Week Twelve: Judicial Elections /
Week Thirteen: The Texas Criminal Justice System
Week Fourteen: Political Parties
Week Fifteen: Organized Interests in the State
Week Five: Parties and Legislative and City Council Elections
- Texas Politics: Political Parties
- Texas Politics: Voting Campaign and Elections
- Texas Legislative Council
- Guide to Texas Legislative Information
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Week Six: Interests Groups and Committees in the State and Local Legislative Bodies
- Texas Politics: Interest Groups
- Texas House of Representatives: Committees
- Texas Senate: Committees
Week Seven: Economic Policy Making and Budgeting
- Texas Politics: Political Economy
- Legislative Budget Board
- Budget 101: A Guide to the Budgetary Process in Texas
- Texas Enterprise Fund
- TIRZ
- Greater Houston Partnership
- The Economic Development Alliance for Brazoria County
Week Seven: State and Local Executive Branches
- Wikipedia: List of Current State Governors
- National Governors Association
Week Eight: The Management of Elections - The Texas Secretary of State
- Texas Politics: Voting Campaign and Elections
- Website: Texas Secretary of State – Elections Division.
- Brazoria County Clerk - Elections Division
- Voting Rights Act.
- About Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
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Week Ten: Education Policy and Health and Human Services
- Texas Constitution: Article Seven
- Website: Texas Education Agency
- Website: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
- Texas House: Public Education Committee.
- Texas Senate: Committee on Education.
- LBB: Financing Public Education in Texas.
- LBB: Financing Higher Education in Texas.
- Website: Texas Health and Human Services Commission
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Week Eleven: State and Local Judiciary
- Understanding Federal and State Courts
- Comparing Federal and State Courts
- Wikipedia: State Courts
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Week Twelve: The Texas Judiciary - Constitutional Design / City and County Courts
- Texas Politics: The Justice System
- Texas Constitution: Article Five
- Texas Courts Online
- TCO: Judicial Information Program
Week Fifteen: Judicial Elections / The Texas Criminal Justice System
- Brennan Center for Justice: State Judicial Elections
- AJS: Judicial Selection in the States
- AJS: Judicial Campaign and Elections: Texas
- Judgepedia: Texas Judicial Elections, 2012.
- Texas Attorney General.
- Texas Department of Public Safety
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
- Brazoria County Sherriff’s Office
- Alvin Police Department
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